The hero with a thousand faces / Joseph Campbell.

By:

Campbell, Joseph, 1904-1987

Material type: Text

TextSeries: Bollingen series XVIIPublication details: Novato, Calif. : New World Library, 2008.Edition: 3rd edDescription: xiii, 418 p. : ill. ; 23 cmISBN:

9781577315933 (hbk.)

Other title:

Hero with a thousand faces [Portion of title]

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DDC classification:

201.3 CAM 23 003304

Online resources:

Table of contents only

Contents:

Table of Contents Preface to the 1949 Edition PROLOGUE: The Monomyth 1. Myth and Dream 2. Tragedy and Comedy 3. The Hero and the God 4. The World Navel Part One The Adventure of the Hero CHAPTER I: Departure 1. The Call to Adventure 2. Refusal of the Call 3. Supernatural Aid 4. The Crossing of the First Threshold 5. The Belly of the Whale CHAPTER II: Initiation 1. The Road of Trials 2. The Meeting with the Goddess 3. Woman as the Temptress 4. Atonement with the Father 5. Apotheosis 6. The Ultimate Boon CHAPTER III: Return 1. Refusal of the Return 2. The Magic Flight 3. Rescue from Without 4. The Crossing of the Return Threshold 5. Master of the Two Worlds 6. Freedom to Live CHAPTER IV: The Keys Part Two The Cosmogonic Cycle CHAPTER I: Emanations 1. From Psychology to Metaphysics 2. The Universal Round 3. Out of the Void-Space 4. Within Space-Life 5. The Breaking of the One into the Manifold 6. Folk Stories of Creation CHAPTER II: The Virgin Birth 1. Mother Universe 2. Matrix of Destiny 3. Womb of Redemption 4. Folk Stories of Virgin Motherhood CHAPTER III: Transformations of the Hero 1. The Primordial Hero and the Human 2. Childhood of the Human Hero 3. The Hero as Warrior 4. The Hero as Lover 5. The Hero as Emperor and as Tyrant 6. The Hero as World Redeemer 7. The Hero as Saint 8. Departure of the Hero CHAPTER IV: Dissolutions 1. End of the Microcosm 2. End of the Macrocosm EPILOGUE: Myth and Society 1. The Shapeshifter 2. The Function of Myth Cult, and Meditation 3. The Hero Today Bibliography Acknowledgements Biography Index.

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Includes bibliographical references (p. 363-382) and index.

Table of Contents
Preface to the 1949 Edition
PROLOGUE: The Monomyth
1. Myth and Dream
2. Tragedy and Comedy
3. The Hero and the God
4. The World Navel
Part One
The Adventure of the Hero
CHAPTER I: Departure
1. The Call to Adventure
2. Refusal of the Call
3. Supernatural Aid
4. The Crossing of the First Threshold
5. The Belly of the Whale
CHAPTER II: Initiation
1. The Road of Trials
2. The Meeting with the Goddess
3. Woman as the Temptress
4. Atonement with the Father
5. Apotheosis
6. The Ultimate Boon
CHAPTER III: Return
1. Refusal of the Return
2. The Magic Flight
3. Rescue from Without
4. The Crossing of the Return Threshold
5. Master of the Two Worlds
6. Freedom to Live
CHAPTER IV: The Keys
Part Two
The Cosmogonic Cycle
CHAPTER I: Emanations
1. From Psychology to Metaphysics
2. The Universal Round
3. Out of the Void-Space
4. Within Space-Life
5. The Breaking of the One into the Manifold
6. Folk Stories of Creation
CHAPTER II: The Virgin Birth
1. Mother Universe
2. Matrix of Destiny
3. Womb of Redemption
4. Folk Stories of Virgin Motherhood
CHAPTER III: Transformations of the Hero
1. The Primordial Hero and the Human
2. Childhood of the Human Hero
3. The Hero as Warrior
4. The Hero as Lover
5. The Hero as Emperor and as Tyrant
6. The Hero as World Redeemer
7. The Hero as Saint
8. Departure of the Hero
CHAPTER IV: Dissolutions
1. End of the Microcosm
2. End of the Macrocosm
EPILOGUE: Myth and Society
1. The Shapeshifter
2. The Function of Myth Cult, and Meditation
3. The Hero Today
Bibliography
Acknowledgements
Biography
Index.

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